All Classes & Events

Everyone Welcome | All Skill Levels | Bring Your Tools

In addition to formal classes, at least once a month the pruning club meets for a volunteer opportunity. At these events you will get the chance to work on material in the landscape and receive pointers and tips on pruning techniques from experienced pruners. Please be sure to contact the appropriate contact person for the event you plan to attend.


NOTE: All events are subject to change due to conditions having to do with the Coronavirus pandemic. Call the listed contact person prior to the event to sign up and find out the details and potential attendance limitations at that particular event. 
All activities will be subject to all the precautions required, such as masks and social distancing.

Pruning Maples
Apr
20
Class

Pruning Maples

Pruning Maples - LH810

Instructor: Pete Churgel

Study of the techniques needed to prune maple trees: seasonal pruning, proper care, trouble analysis, winter silhouette and form enhancement.

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Introduction to Bonsai
Feb
24
Class

Introduction to Bonsai

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Introduction to Bonsai - LH839

Instructor: Bill Castellon

Bonsai as an art and science: five basic styles, branch placement of trees, scale of proportion, use of wire, pruning, transplanting, care.

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Art of the Wisteria
Feb
10
Class

Art of the Wisteria

Art of the Wisteria - LH881

Instructor: Pete Churgel

Pruning and training of wisteria. Identification and discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the different species of wisteria, and explanation of the growth and training methods to provide optimal flowering. Problem solving.

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Peralta TV

An overview of aesthetic pruning with some of our mentors at a Pruning Club event at the Japanese Garden at Lake Merritt. Filmed in 2009.

 

All Classes & Events

Here is a complete calendar of all upcoming aesthetic pruning classes and volunteer community events.